Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Tampa Bay 6,
Minnesota 4
When: 7:10 PM ET, Tuesday, August 3, 2010
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 18261
Where: Tropicana Field, St. Petersburg, Florida
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Jerry Crawford, 1B - Phil Cuzzi, 2B - Chris Guccione, 3B - Brian O'Nora
Attendance: 18261
Final Scoring Summary
Minnesota
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Denard Span | CF | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 |
| Alexi Casilla | 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .260 |
| Jim Thome | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .251 |
| J.J. Hardy | PR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .258 |
| Joe Mauer | DH | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .318 |
| Delmon Young | LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | .330 |
| Jason Kubel | RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .261 |
| Michael Cuddyer | 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .276 |
| Danny Valencia | 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .360 |
| Trevor Plouffe | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .115 |
| Jason Repko | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .316 |
| Drew Butera | C | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .200 |
| Jose Morales | PH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .000 |
| Totals | 36 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Denard Span (15), Michael Cuddyer (25) | |||||||||
| HR - Drew Butera (2) | |||||||||
| TB - Denard Span 3, Joe Mauer 3, Jason Kubel, Michael Cuddyer 3, Drew Butera 5 | |||||||||
| RBI - Joe Mauer 3 (56), Drew Butera (8) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Joe Mauer 2 (26) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Delmon Young (40), Jason Kubel 2 (45), Trevor Plouffe (7) | |||||||||
| S - Alexi Casilla (3) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Danny Valencia (7) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 9 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Michael Cuddyer (3, 3rd off Niemann/Shoppach) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Denard Span (Rodriguez at Home) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Brian Duensing | 6.0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2.10 |
| Matt Guerrier (L 1-6) | 0.1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3.45 |
| Jose Mijares | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.59 |
| Jesse Crain | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3.05 |
| Matt Capps | 0.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Ron Mahay | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.38 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Brian Duensing 92-50, Matt Guerrier 16-6, Jose Mijares 6-4, Jesse Crain 6-4, Matt Capps 23-11, Ron Mahay 3-2 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Brian Duensing 11-3, Matt Guerrier 1-0, Jose Mijares 1-0, Jesse Crain 0-0, Matt Capps 1-0, Ron Mahay 1-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Brian Duensing 24, Matt Guerrier 4, Jose Mijares 1, Jesse Crain 1, Matt Capps 4, Ron Mahay 1 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Ron Mahay 2-0 | ||||||||
Tampa Bay
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| B.J. Upton | CF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .235 |
| Carl Crawford | LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .306 |
| Evan Longoria | 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .292 |
| Willy Aybar | DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .257 |
| Sean Rodriguez | 2B | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .258 |
| Dan Johnson | 1B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .000 |
| Jason Bartlett | SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .240 |
| Kelly Shoppach | C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .198 |
| John Jaso | PH-C | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .271 |
| Gabe Kapler | RF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .209 |
| Matt Joyce | PH-RF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .244 |
| Totals | 27 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 11 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| HR - B.J. Upton (9), Sean Rodriguez (7) | |||||||||
| TB - B.J. Upton 5, Evan Longoria, Willy Aybar, Sean Rodriguez 4, Jason Bartlett | |||||||||
| RBI - B.J. Upton 3 (38), Sean Rodriguez 3 (34) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Sean Rodriguez 3 (14) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - John Jaso (29) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Carl Crawford (2), Sean Rodriguez (10) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 5 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Sean Rodriguez (8, 2nd off Capps/Butera) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| E - Rafael Soriano (1) | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - Matt Joyce (Morales at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Jeff Niemann (W 10-3) | 7.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3.12 |
| Joaquin Benoit (H 15) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.70 |
| Rafael Soriano (SV 31) | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.85 |
| IBB - Joe Mauer (by Niemann) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Jeff Niemann 104-67, Joaquin Benoit 13-9, Rafael Soriano 25-15 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Jeff Niemann 10-7, Joaquin Benoit 1-2, Rafael Soriano 2-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Jeff Niemann 30, Joaquin Benoit 4, Rafael Soriano 6 | ||||||||